Ammunition carrier



April 14, 1-931. c HUDK|N$ AMMUNITION CARRIER Filed March 4'," i930 Patented Apr. 14, 1931 airn o STATES PATENT OFFICE i GISYDE HUDKI'NS, OF GAPTINA, WESE VIRGI-NIA, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO LLOYD MEEKER, OF CAPTINA,,VJEST VIRGINIA AMMUNITION CARRIER.

Application filed March 4,

This invention relates broadly to ammunition carrying equipment for game hunters and others, and more specifically to a cartridge, or shell, carrier.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved form of magazine case for firearm cartridges or shells, adapted to be worn as a vestment and from which such cartridges may be conveniently removed as required.

A further object of the invention is to provide a body-harness equipment embodying cases in which a comparatively large number of cartridges may be carried without inconvenience to the wearer, in which cartridges are at all times disposed in a position or location permitting instant free access thereto, and in which the cartridges are securely retained against chance release thereof. In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is aperspective view of the invention Figure 2 is an enlarged front elevation of a fragmentary portion of the upper end of one of the twin magazine cases;

Figure 3 is a similar view of the lower, or discharge end of said case;

Figure 4L is a longitudinal section on line %4, Fig. 3;

Figure 5 is an enlarged section on line 5-5, Fig. 1; and

Figure 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of the invention.

Referring to said drawings, 1 designates generally each of two magazine cases, 2 a body belt to which the lower end portions of said cases 1 are suitably attached, and 3 a neclcstrap having its opposite ends permanently attached to said case, said strap being designed to be passed rearwardly over the shoulders and looped around the back of the neck of the wearer for supporting said cases.

Each of said cases comprises a strip of heavy waterproof fabric-shaped to form a flat body 4 and two parallel tubes 5, the latter being disposed vertically in front of the plane of said body at and being preferably formed 1930. Serial No. 433,045.

byturning the lateral edge portions of the strip into tubular form andattaching the same to said body by one or more vertical rows 6 of stitching, as shown. Said tubes 5. which constitute portions of separate magazines, oi-inagazine-like receptacles, for firearm cartridges 7 terminate at a suitable dis tance above the lower end of the body 4 and each has attached toits lower end in alined relation thereto the upper end of an open: sided metallic receptacle 8 of hollow cylin drical form'having a bottom, or lower closed end 9. The cartridges 7 are-received in eaclr of said magazines in superposed stacked, or end-to-end', relation with the lowermost cartridge seated upon the bottom 9, and, as the lowermost cartridge is removed, or extracted, through the opening 10 provided thereforin the front side, or face,'of said receptacle, the remaining cartridges freely gravitate until the lowermost thereof seats upon said bot-' tom. Thus, the cartridges of each magazine may successively be removed through said opening until the supply has been exhausted As herein shown, the upper end of each receptacle 8 is made of tubular form and is received within the embrace of the lower end of the therewith-associated fabric tube 5, being held in such position by a metallic clamp 11 which is preferably of open-ring form. The lower ends of the receptacles 8 are suitably attached to the fabric body 4: and belt 2, as by rivets 12.

A pair of clampingfingers 13 formed integral with the cylindrical wall of" the re ceptacle 8 project in a forwardly direction for partially embracingthe lowermost cartridge at an appropriate midlength posi tion for preventing chance dislodgment of said cartridgethrough the opening 10. Said opening possesses a depth at or adjacent to the position occupied by the upper end of the seated lowermost cartridge to permit said end to be grasped firmly between the fingers of the wearer, following which action the cartridge may be forcibly drawn outward through said opening, as shown in dot"- ted lines in Fig, 4, the fingers 13 b'eing-sufiiciently' resilient that therequisite relative spreading thereof to effect release of'th'e cartridge as the latter is drawn forward is readily permitted.

The upper end of each of the tubes 5 is suitably maintained in expanded cartridgereceiving condition, as by means of a metal ring 15- insertedwithin said end, Asherein shown, the front upper edge portion of said ring 15 has an integral flange 16 disposed in depending substantially parallelrelation to itsf'body portion, said flange occupying seated clamping relation to a portion of the upper end of the tube, as shownin Fig. 2, and servingto retain the ring in place.

A flap 17 formed by an extension of the.

upper end of the body' l is designed to be turned into closing relation to the upper ends ofthe twin tubes {5 formed on each fabric I body 4, said flap being adapted tobe secured in frontv of the shoulders of the wearer, the supporting neck-strap 3 being passed around the back of the neck. The belt 2- in such closing relation, as-bymeans of cooperative members 18 and 19 of a clasp, preferably of ordinary glove-clasp form,

f V borne respectively said flap and said body,

as shown.

}As is apparent, thelmagazine cases are designed to be supported in verticalpositions passed around the waist ofthewearer and having the lower ends of said cases attached thereto serves to maintain the latterjmore or less stationary.- I I 1 I I I In thdmodified form of the invention shown inlfig. 6,. two additional magazine cases 20, designed to occupy positions against the bacli of the wearer, are provided, the

same having a constructionidentical with that of the cases ,1 hereinbefore described,

and having their loWer'en ds attached to the body-belt. Two separatev shoulder straps 21 are substituted for the neck'lstrap, each being attached at its frontend to oneof the cases 1 and at the other end; to the case 20 located atthe corresponding side, as shown,

said case may be supported on the body of the user.

I 2; In cartridge carrying equipment of the character'described, a case comprising a fab-- ric body having formed on the face thereof a plurality of magazinerlike receptacles arranged inverticalparallel relation, each receptacle including anupper fabric tube and I a lower m'etallic'tube disposed in alined com- 'mumcating relation and adapted for receiving and maintaining therein in stacked relation a plurality of cartridges, said fabric .tubes being" formed by turning each of the lateral edge portions of said fabric body into tubular form and attaching the terminal edges thereof to said body, the metallic tube having a closed lower end and being adapted" for having the lowermost cartridge rest thereon, said metallic tube having a longitudmally-extending opening in the front wall tridge maybe extracted and having 'coacting vthereof through which the lowermost car- I flexible fingers normally guarding said open mg, and means for suspend ng said case from:

A cross-strap 22 is preferably provided in a suitable location, as in aposition for crossing horizontally the back; of the wearer, "for maintaining the relative vertical positions of I the cases located on the right and left sides 59 v ofthe wearer. What is claimed is- 1'. Incar'tridge carrymg equipment the character described, a case comprlsiiig a fabric tube-and a metal tube connected end to end in vertically. alined. commun cating relation, the metal tube being lowermost and having a closed; lower end, said tubesbeing adapted to receive andmaintain therein carmostgcartr-idge seated upon said-c loseden d, said metal tubehaving an opening in its front wall through which the shells may'su'cvtridges in stacked-relation with thelower- 'cessivelybe removed and having intermediateits ends coacting flexible fingers normally guarding said opening, and. means whereby alfix my signa- VI 

